RelNotes: tweak 2.43.0 release notes

Commit Message

Andy Koppe Nov. 14, 2023, 10:31 p.m. UTC

Add some more detail on the $(decorate) log format placeholder and tweak
the wording on some other points.
---
 Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt | 20 +++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt
index 770543c464..9a68074a4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.43.0.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@  Backward Compatibility Notes
    prefix.  If you are negatively affected by this change, please use
    "--subject-prefix=PATCH --rfc" as a replacement.
 
- * "git rev-list --stdin" learned to take non-revisions (like "--not")
-   recently from the standard input, but the way such a "--not" was
+ * "git rev-list --stdin" recently learned to take non-revisions (like
+   "--not") from the standard input, but the way such a "--not" was
    handled was quite confusing, which has been rethought.  The updated
    rule is that "--not" given from the command line only affects revs
    given from the command line that comes but not revs read from the
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@  UI, Workflows & Features
 
  * Git GUI updates.
 
- * "git format-patch" learns a way to feed cover letter description,
-   that (1) can be used on detached HEAD where there is no branch
-   description available, and (2) also can override the branch
-   description if there is one.
+ * "git format-patch" learns option "--description-file" to feed in a
+   cover letter description that can be used when no branch description
+   is available, or that can override the branch description if there is
+   one.
 
  * Use of --max-pack-size to allow multiple packfiles to be created is
    now supported even when we are sending unreachable objects to cruft
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@  UI, Workflows & Features
    "--subject-prefix" option and used "[RFC PATCH]"; now we will add
    "RFC" prefix to whatever subject prefix is specified.
 
- * "git log --format" has been taught the %(decorate) placeholder.
+ * "git log" format strings now support a "%(decorate)" placeholder that
+   can be used to customize the symbols and the tag prefix used in ref
+   decorations.
 
  * The default log message created by "git revert", when reverting a
    commit that records a revert, has been tweaked, to encourage people
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@  UI, Workflows & Features
  * The attribute subsystem learned to honor `attr.tree` configuration
    that specifies which tree to read the .gitattributes files from.
 
- * "git merge-file" learns a mode to read three contents to be merged
+ * "git merge-file" learns a mode to read three files to be merged
    from blob objects.
 
 
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@  Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
  * The code to keep track of existing packs in the repository while
    repacking has been refactored.
 
- * The "streaming" interface used for bulk-checkin codepath has been
+ * The "streaming" interface used for the bulk-checkin codepath has been
    narrowed to take only blob objects for now, with no real loss of
    functionality.